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Actor and comedian Kalen Allen has been talking about his experience of working with Ellen DeGeneres. He also revealed that he and DeGeneres hadn\u2019t spoken in \u201ca very long time,\u201d following the end of her talk show.<\/p>\n

Allen, 30, found viral fame in 2017 with his videos in which he reacted to bizarre food recipes he discovered online.<\/p>\n

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He was invited as a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show<\/em> in 2018 and was offered a guest contributor slot. He has since landed acting roles, judging slots on several reality shows, and podcasting gigs.<\/p>\n

Allen appeared this week on the It\u2019s Tea Time<\/em> podcast with Raven-Symon\u00e9 and her wife, Miranda Pearman-Maday.<\/p>\n

He recounts landing the Ellen job when he was only 21, and still in college. He went from being broke to receiving his first paycheck of $30,000, which he promptly blew in a shopping splurge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best time of my life\u201d<\/h2>\n

The hosts asked Allen, who is gay, about his experiences on the Ellen Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it was the best time of my life,\u201d Allen replies, without hesitation. \u201cAnd I know it\u2019s hard for people to hear that. What I always try to also preface to people is that we are experiencing it in real life. We know these people as people, not as celebrities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother thing about it is the place was a tough place to work. But everywhere in Hollywood is a tough place to work. I also understand that I was \u2018talent\u2019 there. They treated me like a king. You know what I mean? And it was mainly because of her.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continues, \u201cI\u2019ll never forget the second time I was on the show, and she said this in front of everybody, crew and everybody. She said, \u2018Whatever you want to do, we\u2019ll do it.\u2019 That changed it. I watched the way people changed the way that they moved.\u201d<\/p>\n

He acknowledges he had a position of privilege on the show (including \u201ca private parking spot!\u201d), and that expressing his experience doesn\u2019t invalidate other people\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never treated her like a celebrity\u201d<\/h2>\n

Although his own time was positive, he goes on to suggest that it\u2019s hard for anyone to stay grounded when they\u2019re in DeGeneres\u2019 position.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I also understood that the culture of the show was what it was because the people that ran it and \u2026 you got to realize that woman was walking out every day to people who were obsessed with her. Like it was unlike anything I had ever f\u2013king seen. There\u2019s just no way you could live in that and it not get here,\u201d he adds, waving toward his head.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s impossible! And I think people around her, she didn\u2019t really realize that they were using her. They were taking advantage of her celebrity, and she was letting the Hollywood of it all take control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allen says that although he sometimes found Ellen \u201csocially awkward,\u201d he felt they got along.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also think that\u2019s why we had such a close relationship, because I never treated her like a celebrity. I was never there trying to just get something.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are letting other people ruin your legacy\u201d<\/h2>\n

Miranda goes on to recount a story about how she was once on a set and was informed not to make eye contact with one particular star. Instead, when the unnamed star arrived, she went up to him, welcomed him to the set, and told him to let her know if they needed anything. Subsequently, the star let it be known they only wanted to interact with Miranda going forward. Miranda was left wondering if the \u201cno eye contact\u201d rule had actually come from the star or the team around them.<\/p>\n

Allen nods in empathy with this and recalls his own opinion on some of the teams that work around big stars.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to give y\u2019all some tea. Ellen and I have not talked in a very long time. Because I told her, I said, \u2018You are letting other people ruin your legacy\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou told her the truth \u2026 And she didn\u2019t like that?\u201d asks Raven.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think she could take it. She couldn\u2019t understand it because I think that she considers the people around her to be all that she has. And I think she couldn\u2019t take it because she felt like, \u2018but this is all I got.\u2019 And if I give this up\u2026\u2019 like, she can\u2019t go to Walmart. She can\u2019t go to Target. She can\u2019t do regular things.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI understood that she couldn\u2019t, but I knew somebody needed to say it. And even if she didn\u2019t get it then, maybe years later, when she looks back, and she\u2019s gotten out of the hurt, maybe she can look back and be like, \u2018Ah!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Queerty<\/em> has reached out to representatives for Ellen for comment. <\/p>\n

You can watch the entire interview below. The discussion about Ellen is at the 28.29 mark.<\/p>\n

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